First Oscar

Overview

The film follows two student cinematographers who, as the war approaches Moscow, refuse to be evacuated and instead volunteer to be front-line cameramen capturing the horrors of war and heroism of the soviet soldiers. At the same time, we witness another storyline taking place in the US. After the premiere screening of the already completed documentary “Moscow Strikes Back”, one of the members of the Academy Awards selection committee is trying to persuade his fellow colleagues to establish a new category of Best Documentary in the upcoming Oscars event.

Directed by Sergey Mokritsky

Top cast

Tikhon Zhiznevsky

Ivan Mayskiy

Darya Zhovner

Juna

Anton Momot

Lev Alperin

Andrey Merzlikin

Ilya Kopalin

Nikita Tarasov

Varlamov

Vasiliy Mishchenko

studio manager

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Mikhail Brashinsky

Lev's father

Sergey Puskepalis

Aleksey Kolgan

Joseph Stalin

Stanislav Strelkov

Nikolay Vlasik

Lev Malishava

Katso

Pyotr Akimov

soviet soldier

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Elvira Sinelnik

Ida Yakovleva

Michael Lerner

Louis Burt Mayer

Austin Basis

David O. Selznick

Robert L. Wilson

Howard Hawks

Taissa Zveiter

Irene Mayer Selznick

Eddie Vincent

reporter

Daniel Lench

Sid Grauman

Mandy May Cheetham

Jane Murfin

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